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Some common problems with Vi and Ex have been solved in Viper. This includes better implementation of existing commands, new commands, and the facilities provided by Emacs.
| • Basics: | Basic Viper differences, Multi-file effects. | |
| • Undo and Backups: | Multiple undo, auto-save, backups and changes | |
| • History: | History for Ex and Vi commands. | |
| • Macros and Registers: | Keyboard Macros (extended ".") @reg execution. | |
| • Completion: | Filename and Command Completion for Ex. | |
| • Improved Search: | Incremental Search and Buffer Content Search. | |
| • Abbreviation Facilities: | Normal Abbrevs, Templates, and Dynamic Abbrevs. | |
| • Movement and Markers: | Screen Editor movements, viewing textmarkers. | |
| • New Commands: | Commands that do not exist in Vi. | |
| • Useful Packages: | A Sampling of some Emacs packages, and things you should know about. |